The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Chapter 510: Life at stake

Chu Yunxi took a closer look and found that the Soul-Restoring Pearl was even dimmer than when she gave it to the crazy Taoist priest that day, and the red light was almost completely gone.

She frowned. "Nothing special has happened in recent days. I saw it that day, and I was a little surprised at the time, but I didn't think too much about it."

The Crazy Taoist asked hurriedly, "Are you saying that it was more popular before? Could it be that this change occurred because you left the snowy land of Kunlun Mountain?"

Chu Yunxi didn't understand either, but she said, "Anyway, when I first saw the Soul-Returning Pearl, it was much redder than it is now. Mu Chen also saw it, so you can ask him."

The Crazy Taoist recalled that day when Much Chen kept muttering that he was not popular anymore. At that time, he did not understand what it meant. Now thinking about it, it turned out that Much Chen had also discovered it at that time.

Chu Yunxi took two steps closer, wanting to take a closer look. Suddenly, a red light rose from the Soul-Restoring Pearl and quickly drilled into Chu Yunxi's stomach. The speed was extremely fast, but everyone present could see it clearly.

In an instant, everyone seemed to be acupunctured and stood there in a daze, not understanding what had happened. Xiao Mubei was the first to react. He immediately supported Chu Yunxi and asked anxiously, "Yunxi, how are you?"

Chu Yunxi calmed down, looked down at her stomach, felt it carefully, shook her head, looked at Xiao Mubei, and said hesitantly: "I... don't feel anything."

The crazy Taoist priest looked at the black object that looked like an iron ball left in his hand, opened his eyes and mouth wide, and was unable to react for a long time.

No one knew what had happened until the crazy Taoist shouted angrily: "What kind of magic did you use? Return the soul-returning bead to me now."

As he spoke, he slapped Chu Yunxi with his palm in anger. Wen Rulan reacted very quickly. Almost at the same time as the crazy Taoist moved, he also moved, blocking the crazy Taoist's attack and shouting, "Calm down. This matter has nothing to do with my junior sister. She doesn't know what's going on. Besides, isn't the bead still in your hand? It's just that the red light has disappeared. Let's find out first."

"What are you investigating? She must be coveting the Soul-Restoring Pearl, so she used some magic to take away the power of the Soul-Restoring Pearl. What use is there for this pearl now? My brother... he is still waiting for me..."

The crazy Taoist became more and more sad and angry as he spoke, and his men's attacks became more and more fierce. Wen Rulan had no intention of hurting anyone and was still thinking about explaining, but for a moment she was at a disadvantage.

Chu Yunxi touched her belly and thought about the two times she saw Xiao Sui in the chaos. Both times, he was wrapped in a ball of red light. Could it be the red light of the Soul-Restoring Pearl?

She hurriedly grabbed Xiao Mubei's arm and said, "Prince, do you remember what I told you yesterday morning, that I saw Xiao Sui in a ball of red light? I saw it again last night, and he looked very anxious at the time. Could it be that he was anxious because the Soul-Returning Pearl was far away?"

Xiao Mubei naturally couldn't answer this question, but the crazy Taoist heard another meaning, "It is you who took away the red light of the Soul-Returning Pearl. Who is Xiao Sui? Let him come out and return the red light to me."

He forced Wen Rulan back with a palm, and grabbed Chu Yunxi's neck with his five fingers. Xiao Mubei was shocked and immediately pushed Chu Yunxi away and stretched out his hand to block. The crazy Taoist was really like a madman at this moment, and he attacked without mercy. His fingers pierced through Xiao Mubei's arm and went straight into Xiao Mubei's heart.

Chu Yunxi just managed to stand firm and turned around, she saw the crazy Taoist's fingers inserted into Xiao Mubei's heart. His eyes were red and he seemed to be stunned. He stared at his fingers and forgot to pull them out.

Time seemed to stand still suddenly. Chu Yunxi felt that everything seemed to be far away from her for a moment. She seemed to hear the screams of Wen Rulan, Baiyu and Heimu in her ears, but it seemed as if she didn't hear them. Everything in her eyes became blurry. She could only see Xiao Mubei slowly turning towards her face, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, as if he wanted to smile at her and tell her not to worry, but as soon as he opened his mouth, blood gushed out of it.

Chu Yunxi wanted to scream, but her throat seemed to be grabbed by someone again and she couldn't make any sound. She desperately moved her feet and subconsciously took out the needle crossbow from the Liyue bracelet and shot all the needles at the crazy Taoist priest. Then, without even looking at the crazy Taoist priest, she threw the needle crossbow away and rushed forward, just in time to catch Xiao Mubei's fallen body.

“Prince…Prince…” Chu Yunxi felt like she couldn’t control her tears. They fell on Xiao Mubei’s face like raindrops. She hurriedly tried to wipe them for him. She didn’t know whether she wanted to wipe away the tears on his face or the blood flowing from his mouth. She said incoherently, “Don’t be afraid…I…I can save you. I…I can save you.”

Xiao Mubei forced a smile with great difficulty, raised his hand with all his strength, wiped the tears from Chu Yunxi's face, and said: "Don't... don't cry, I... I believe... you... can save... save me, so... don't cry, I... I'm fine..."

Chu Yunxi nodded desperately, "Yes, yes, I can save you, I can save you, I need to calm down, calm down."

She forced herself to open her eyes wide, trying to see Xiao Mubei's injuries clearly, but everything in front of her was blurry, and she could only see the blood flowing out of the wound.

The crazy Taoist had been knocked unconscious by the needle in the acupuncture crossbow, which had a strong anesthetic, so no one cared about him. At this moment, everyone gathered around Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi. Wen Rulan pressed Xiao Mubei's wound and said in a deep voice: "Chu Yunxi, you must calm down before you can save the prince. Time is running out now, so stop crying."

Chu Yunxi was at a loss, and said in a panic: "Yes, calm down, calm down, I want to calm down, I want to save the prince."

She moved Xiao Mubei's head to Bai Yu, wiped away her tears with her sleeves, took a few deep breaths, forced the tears back, and then said: "Bai Yu Hei Mu, lift the prince onto the carriage, be careful not to shock his wound, brother, hold the wound and don't let go, I will prepare first aid supplies immediately."

The three of them immediately followed Chu Yunxi's instructions and carefully carried Xiao Mubei onto the carriage. Xiao Mubei closed his eyes tightly and had fainted. After Baiyu Heimu put him down, his hands and feet felt weak and his eyes were red. He didn't dare to ask Chu Yunxi and could only secretly ask Wen Rulan, "Master Wen, will the prince...will he be okay?"

Wen Rulan felt the warm liquid flowing out of her hands, looked at Chu Yunxi who was constantly taking out first aid supplies from the carriage, nodded, and said, "With Yunxi here, the prince will be fine."